Your strategic planning process is ineffective. It’s doing more harm than good. Board members sense that their time and talent is being wasted in the process. Even if they haven’t voiced it yet, directors are wondering if they are really adding value. To make things right, we need to acknowledge the difference between strategic planning and strategic thinking.

The power of social movements — mobilized public opinion — is undeniable. Just ask lobbyists who have recently fallen short of their clients’ objectives at the hands of the opposition’s superior grassroots engine.